Commentator Jim Culleny lives in a depressed area of Massachusetts where the residents are tempted to accept casino gambling as an answer to a slow economy. But as he watches a man play a "scratch and win" game at his local convenience store, Culleny is struck by how gambling is kind of like the myth of Sisyphus, the participant alwys ends up back where he started. In this country of innovation, he says, we can do better than to count on casinos and blind luck for our personal fiscal salvation.
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